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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-05

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explanation, since the committee OF which he was
chairman had been aSSalled by MI. Hay. Mr.. Hay
had said that he (dr Larner had stated that the
present Commissioners had taken the money ap-
propriated for certain street and expended It ON
another street not appropriated for. Mr.. Larnerde
MED that he made any such statement. What he
had said was that when the appropriation was
made for various streets and the estimates OF the
Commissioners had been cut down, the Commits
sioners instead Of expending the s money pro rata
streets entirely. Mr.. Larner said he was positive
that the public agreed with his committee in this
matter. He said he had received many congratu-
competent to handle. He felt that he had done
nothing but the right and said nothing that was
not true t. The question seemed 70 O. ne t,e merely @
'tdivert." The committee claimed and told
the Commissioners that they did not In
that that some M persons tried to place upon It. % they
referred to the omission OF streets from those
scheduled for Improvement. They had cited
%isoners as u once ~ accepted ther explanation.
One would not accept 1t until he got into such q
position that he hadlto acceptit. Had i not been,
mittee OF One Hundred this trouble over the word
diversion" would not have arisen. There were
persons he said, who were doing all they could to
Il viii ten YOU. he said, '.some things heard to-
day in reference to efforts made by certain persons
open your eyes."H Mr. Larner said that the propo-
sttion he rose to make was that, IL the committee
desired It. the word diversion" be stricken out OF
the report. A member suggested that that could
not be done now, and Mr.. Larner took his seat
R. WELLER WANTS 10 SPEAK.
Mr.. Weller, rising, said that as secretary Of the
committee on streets avenues and alleys, he would
IKE also to make personal explanation In addi.
tt0n to the statements made by MI. Larner The
chair said that Mr.. Weller was out OF order; that
such o privilege extended to the chairman OF the
committee ought to be su1icient. VIZ. Weller sal
down and q motion to adjourn prevailed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-05

instant. Surgeon A. F. Price, to the naval dispen-
sary Washington, D. c. Passed Assistant Paymas-
ter Jno. Corwine to the Nipsic 10th instant. Med
ical Inspector n L. Bates has been detached from
his duties at Washington and ordered TO duty as
washington, D. c. Surgeon Paul FitZsimOnS from
the Minnesota on 18th instant, and ordered to
Assistant Surgeon Louis w. Atee from the Yer
mont and ordered to hold himself in readiness for
orders to the Marion. Chief Engineer Louis j.
the training squadron and placed on waiting or.
derS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-05

- THE ST. UNION SUNDAY SCHOOL,
| 49, will hold Temperance Meeting To NIGHT
in their Hall the Market, Bridge or street
Gieorxetown CHARLEY NYE will be there Come and
| hear him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-05

PROGRESS OF THE THETIS.-Lieut. w. Il. Emory,
commanding the q. s. 8. Thetis reports to the
Navy Department from CallaO, September 6, that
he would remain in port one week to coal and get
the salt out OF the boilers and would then sail for
Alaska, stopping en- route at San Francisco.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-05

MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL VEssELs-The Navy De-
partment is informed that the Saratoga left the
New York navy-yard this morning for Newport.
and that the Portsmouth would follow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-05

FIRE INSURANCE.
Continental Fire Ins. Co. n Y, Captal nj OOO OOO
Hanover Fire Ins. Co. n y - 0OO' 'OOO
Orlei.t ire Ins. Co., Hartford. l'0OOOOO
Grard Fire Ins Co Philadelphia Gan old and fSyora
by known institution. and large owner Of real
District Of Columbia Representative,
W. CLARENCE DUVALI.
Real Estate and Fire Insurance
925 st. NV.
Hous =, Stocks. Household Furniture, Family Wear
ing Apparel libraries insured at the lowest rstes
Slain
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-07-14
Saved by Two girls.

Whatever may have been the origi
hal o. thefabled mermaids, "~sea-girls,"
the real mermaids are certainly found
in the Sandwich Islands. That a
strong man, much less q young wom-
an, can be so much at home in the
water as to fight and kill the f~iercest
native of that element on its own bat.
tle-ground, seems incr edible, but Sena-
tor Fair, OF Nevada, tells the following
story as an experience Of his own:
1t happened upon my last visit to
the Sandwich Islands. am. a very
expert swimmer, and nothing pleases
me better than a plunge into the salt
water. The temperature ofthe islands
is delightful, and / could not resist the
temptation to take a swim.
| prepared myself, and plunged in.
After / had been in the water for hall
an hour, | pushed out over and beyond
one of the reefs which surround the is
lands. All at once | realized that
something vas going on on the shore.
There was quite a umb Oh natives
there, and they appeared to be great.
ly excited.
Suddenly two native girls swan out
behind me with long knives between
their teeth. Hooked around, and to
my horror / saw a shark making for
me with terrific speed.
An instant later the girls had dived,
and the shark had nearly stopped.
The water around him was red with
blood. The girls came to the surface
again, and again they dived and
plunged their long knives into the mon
ster. At last he lay still on the top
OF the water quite dead. The natives
dragged him ashore, and found that
he was one of the largest ofhis species.
But for the wonderful bravery OF
these girls | should not be here to
night to tell you this story.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-07-14
The Fear of the Dead i'm China,

The great overruling superstitions
OF China are, however, the fear OF the
dead and the belief in Feng-S Shut. The
latter word means literally wind and
water" ard seems to typify both the
good and the baneful influences nj
physical phenomena. 1t is the exist.
ence OF these two superstitions which
really forms the barrier to progress in
China, because they interfere with the
reception of foreign ideas and the de.
Veiopment OF industrial projects in
mining railway making, and so forth
Feng-shui is Defined, says the Roman
Catholic Bishop of Ningpo, as .stbs
pGth OF the Great Dragon. who rusbes
through the air just above the honsaS
spouting blessings in showers from b;s
nostrils. He flies straight forward
unless by evil chance he should str;ks
against some high building. in wb;nh
case he turns aside at an angle ondsa
the houses beyond lose their sbara -
ms blessing. Hence the Jealous care
OF th9 Ohinese house builders lest anv
one should build a house higher thar
ms nelghbor, and the singular mi,
iormlty OF domestic architecture
Ine rear oil the dead leads to the
most slavlsh form of ancestor Nc
snip, the three first weeks OF Anil
are specially devoted to the serv;ca -
the shades AT that time every one
visits the graves of his ~relations iii
offerings, carried on trays or in basil.
cts. The cost of these annna
services and offerings to the dead e
stated by Miss Gordon.C umm;na 20
be not less than thirty-two millions
STERLING, all to propitiate the spirits
OF those whose graves cover the CONS
Try. and who are believed to be now
etaul Ior y \ neglected. The dead
are even honored by the b~estowaI ~
new titles if there is special reasoa teu
Rolnd. zeal
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-07-14


From the statistics OF the immigra-
tion into the country since 1880 and
from the computation OF the increase
of population the New York Tribune
estimates the population oithe United
States at present at over $1,000, 900.
Since the time when the last census
was taken which fixed the population
OF the country at $4,000. 900 the to-
tai immigration into the United States
loose==sn3 500, 900 in round numbers.
oStion for increase of popula-
country allows 2 per cent.
AL Day coe excess of births over
numbers from .omputa alton for the
are hereby called in for sxhe present
and interest ceases July 6, iuao o0o
I. N. LooMIs, Co. Treas.,,,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-07-14

The Indiana Legislatures provision
for an annual appropriation for the
enclosure and preservation of the
Tippeeanoe battlefield is to be in
trusted to the trustees of the county
OF that name. Measures have been
taken to remove the growth OF bram-
blcs and brush from above the graves
of the men who died there, and to re-
deem the famous ground from its neg
lected condition.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-07-14

Everybody will be gladsto knowjust
what marriage is. None but a lady
could have told us in such glowing
words as this from the Chicago Cur
rent: Marriage is the blending oftwo
existences into M SO completely that
all individuality is absorbed, and the
idea of personal profit is impossible;
the cementing of a union so perfect,
that every light or shade that falls on
one, must reflect on the other, the
turning of two rivers into a lake,
where they must flow on as one for
ever, the alter on which the light OF
our purest. hottest self should ever be
burning. This is marriage; the mar
riage ordained by heaven, blessed by
Christ, and reverenced by our
fathers."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-07-14


There are Ia counties in the United
States which bear the name OF Car.
roll. presumably in honor'o the illus.
trious singer of the Declaration of In
dependence. Carroll or Carrollton.
They are in New Hampshire, Mary
land, Virginia. Georgia. Mississippi,
louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Ken
lucky, Ohio. Indiana. Illinois. Iowa
and Missouri. The capital towns OF
these counties in Georgia, Mississippi,
Kentucky. Arkansas, Ohio, Illinois
and Missouri bear the name of Car
rollton Us still further mark OF hon.
or to the memory OF the brave Ameri-
can.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-07-14

The gross debt OF Boston is now
SIG. 100, 900 according to City Audi.
tor Dodge's report, just now issued,
-an increase during the year Of near
ly $4,000. 600. The sinkinefunds and
means OF redemption exceed $780,
00o, 600, and the net debit is SIG, BIZ
600 The income OF the water works
exceeds the interest and the entire
cos Of maintenance.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-07-14

Chauncey n. Depew in his address
to the Army of the Potomac called
attention to the danger which the
present excessive immigration in
wolves, very largely because the immi-
grants are chiefly unskilled laborers,
of which the country has enough al
ready. Mr.. Depew would not pro.
hibit immigration, but he believes
that We should have some voice in the
selection of our guests, and that we
must not permit our country to be
the dumpingsground of the world fol
its vicious or ignorant, or WORTHLESS
or diseased.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-07-14

An immense real esta te transaction
is reported from Australia. A syndi-
cate of London capitalists have pur-
chased a property in South Australia,
consisting of about "a, 900 900 acres
of leasehold land, the leases for which
have Is years We. to run, with40 900
acres OF freehold, together with $4,000
head Of cattle, 5000 horses and a
large working plant. The carryingc ca
pahiiities of the estate are estimated
at 1000, 600 head of cattle. This great
estate has hitherto been held by ons
man. a Mr.. G. B. Fisher.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-07-14

The rush of travel to Europe this
season is greater than ever, and the
engagements ahead of rooms on the
steamships indicate that it win con
tinue till fall. The departures are
about 5000 a week, and viii
amount to 10000 for the season
This whole army of American travel
ers win cross the ocean. going and com
ing, in foreign steamships, mostl,
British; not n will go or return il
an American steamer; and the $12,
100000 they pay out for fare will &C
into foreign pockets.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-07-14

The Tooth anniversary of tie bat
tie and massacre at Wyoming, Pa,
was eommemorated on the second
day of July. with appropriate cerma.
MES, while the greateSnfassacre by the
.sioux ieasans of Minnesota in 1862
Bsfnost forgotten, save BY those
who suffered thereby.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-07-14

A Boston millionaire was cutting
coupons from his bonds the other
day when his shears dropped and in
hicted q wound in his kneefrom which
blood poison has resulted. This is
published as a warning to those who
have a good deal of this business to do.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-07-14

Miss Sarah Winston, of Alabama,
inherited a piece ofland near Birming-
ham and. supposing thatit was worth
less, she obtained Washington clerk
ship. The land turned out to be
worth SO, ooo,o 900. and a fewdays ago
she resigned her clerhship and mar.
rieda son of Judge Macarthur. Itnever
rains but it pours.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-07-14

The Rev. J.. L. Jenkins, the we'll.
know Congregational minister of
PittsHeld, Mass. says there are 'in
Massachusetts, alone $50 needless
churches wasting the Lords money"
He thinks hat Christian unity would
Ind this waste.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-07-14

According 70 he latest calculations,
the Missouri ssissippi ranks first.
being IDA miles in length. The 9TH
ers are: Nile, 1920; Yangt se-K iang
3,15s; Amazon. 3.Oe3.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-07-14

The total consumption of natural
gas as iuei in this country during
1856, estimated by the value of coal
1t replaced was W So. ooo,o 900.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-07-14

1.-THE school library catalogue is now
ready and is being sent out to county su,
perintendents, said Supt. Pendergast. All
districts that raise $50 at their annual
meetings for a school library can get $50
additional from the state treasury, and
thus got $40 worth OF books, or Mt retail
prices, $50 worth. The appropriation is
limited, and only 500 districts, the first
that apply, can receive the benefit this
year, There are between five and six
thousand districts in the state.
The 10th call Tor SO, ZIG, 900 three per
cent. bonds matured on the LIST, inst. Since
then $15,512, GOO OF the bonds have been
redeemed by the treasury department, leay.
ing 81, 2o4, 900 OF that call still outstand.
ing.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-07-14

Jaw, Ethel" remarked Charley :
his pretty cousin, a belevs-ax Il
have the barbah-aw-trim
whiskers this mawning-aW.
Charley" said his pretty I
.And-aw-Ethel, how would
suggest that | have Tn
trimmed?" well" replied the pre- 3
cousin, after a sufficient consios
tion, 81 think they would %
sweet trimmed with pink ribbon.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-07-14
AHalt Called on Certain Practices.

Washington Special: Lieut.. Gov. Rice
of Minnesota has written a letter to Secre-
tary Lamar informing him that the land
officers at Benson are allowing ignorant
persons, mostly foreigners, to file and To-
cate upon certain lands within the grant
Of the Manitoba railroad which already
have been certified Il the state and by the
state to the road. These lands are what
are known as place la~nds'-that is, OF
the grant and not indemnity lands
and why the local land officers should al
low settlers to file on them, knowing them
to be withdrawn from settlement, rather
mystified the secretary. He addressed
a note to Commissioner Sparks instructing
him to inquire OF the officers by telegraph
their reasons for allowing these settlements
and to withdraw all such filings at once.
There are now before the department over
1000 applications from settlers to
file on granted and indemnity
lands OF railroads within the Benson and
Worthington land district, most Of which
have been rejected by the local officers and
appealed to the commissioner. Under the
proposed plan of rectangular adjustment
of grants which the commissioner adopted
a year or more ago, a few entries we're
allowed, but as the secretary oversuled
this plan some months ago these entries
will have to be ~relinquished.
-
The Northern Pacific wheat house at
Breckenridge collapsed, spillins 10000
bushels of wheat over the side track oil the
Northern Pacific. Loss, $4,000.
Willie, ten year old son ofJohn McElroy,
was drowned at Brainerd.
Annie Roe, at Minneapolis, got a divorce
from Charles Roe on the ground OF adultery
The lady testified that she married Roe
July 81, 1856, and that in three days he
went down to First street and committed
adultery with Minnie Hall. Mrs. Roe fur
ther testified that her husband was a
frequent visitor at houses OF illrepnte, and
associates with low women.
Mike Mcnamara was shot through the
heart by T. f. McDonough ina West Side
st. Paul saloon. The stricken man stag.
gered up the street and dropped dead in the
arms OF his sister. The murderer was
arrested, and acknowledged the crime,
but claims il was in selfdefense. The
quarrel wal all about a d-o-r-g-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-07-14
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
An rndlaua Lyuchipg Bee.

Peru, Ind, Special: DR.. North, physi
clan in charge OF the Wabash, st. Louis
q Pacific railway hospital. was shot and
fatally wounded by John Christianson.
Christianson's st6p-daughter married
against his wishes. He called to see her
and began beating her, but was frightened
away by several men, including DR.. North,
when the shooting followed. Christianson
is under arrest. DR., North Is a brother
in-law OF DR.. jackson. chiei surgeon
Of the Wabash railway. Twenty-Five
masked men appeared at the jail and
demanded the keys. This demand was re-
fused and the mob broke down. the large
iren doc and in fifteen minutes had Chris
tianson in their possession. He wastaken
to the bridge crossing the Wabash river,
where he was twice strung up, the first
time without the desired, result, but the
second time his life was extinguished, the
man dying at 12:45. The lynching was
witnessed by about 1000 people.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-07-14

Inc papers were eagerly sought; all
yer the school were anxious faces,
and more than n group was gather.
ed in various corners, talking over
the latest bulletins. Fort Sumter
had been attacked. The war had
begun.
kilograms were constantly being
delivered, for fathers and brothers
had enlisted, and daughters and sis.
tiers must bravely bid them "farewel
and God speed"
Hazel had been the first to 60, for
popular sentiment turned against her
as q rebel, and she gladly went to selp
her father, who was mastering forces
and drilling recruits. Camp life suited
him; in the field he seemed in his ele-
ment, and the prudent farmer became
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-02-18
or twelve liters for each iniection.-Ne,
Yn,L Tr;b,,,,s
He wouldn't Be Guyed,


Oh, yes; trust me TO pull the wool over
the old mans eyes,
That is what the Second-street mer-
chants clerk was saying as the reporter en-
tered the store to see his friend, the middle
OF Saturday afternoon. He was talking to
the youngest daughter, whose back was
toward the door. Evidently she had not
noticed that some one had come in, for she
replied:
d Don't call pa The old man. But l
amt afraid of him. I'm afraid my sister
will find it out"
Just then the young lady heard foot
step and went hastily to the back of the
store
Hello, pard. Banked if I amt got a
picture now, said the clerk as he caught
sight of the reporter.
"How SOP"
What's the matter with you? Don't
your friends like you, or don't your clothes
ut you, or amt you got sense?"
Yes, guess not" was the somewhat
| bewildered reply of the reporter
:" Well, I'll tell you how so. That girls
clean gone on me- It's this that did it,
| and the clerk stroked lovingly the downy
| mustache on his upper lip.
Have you any footing?" asked young
lady who had just come in behind the re-
porter.
"Well, Ill b.. Oh beg pardon. Ger
tainly have. Think I'd had both legs cut
off? Hey?" and the brilliant young man
planted foot that wore number ten on
the counter under the nose of the aston
ished young lady. There !" he said, tri-
| umphantly, what do you think of that
for footing? I've got mate OF it on the
| floor"
The young lady turned all sorts of colors
and fed from the store
"Oh, yes; I'll fix any gal that comes
around here guying me, said the clerk, be-
ginning to switch dust cloth around at a
$40 rate as he saw the elder daughter OF
his employer coming in at the door.-PAil-
adeLphid North American
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-02-18
NEWS OF THE MORNING.

EAsTERN.-The Lynchburg Firgiaian, one
of the Oldest newspapers in the State, has
suspended THE steamer Thetis will sail
from New York for the Pacific on March
1st.... Prof Barnard, of the Vanderbilt
University, Nashville, Tenn, has discov-
cred new comet. The Senate has passed
the bill for the increase of the navy.
Samuel N Aldrich has been appointed
Sub-TTeasurer at Boston......T is talk
at Washington that Speaker Carlisle is to
be Secretary Manning's successor.....Sev-
eral trains were wrecked by terrific wind
storm in Colorado yesterday IA syndi-
cate is getting up corner in Leghorn cit
rons in New York The steamship COM
panies are taking measures for counteract-
ing further strikes. Silver in New York,
101!.
FoREIGN.-The policy Of Lord Salisbury
is denounced by his own supporters...".
The number of French troops on the from
tier has been exaggerated ......Silver in Lon
don, as 11-16d.
PACIFIC CoAsT.-James Brown was found
dead in the snow near Shingletown, Shasta
county....A Swede named Pete killed
Mrs Mile Lyons with razor in Wooden
valley, Napa county,. Brisk land sales
are reported from Templeton, San Luis
Obispo county The Shasta county seat
case is on trial at Redding. Several Nor
mons have been convicted of unlawful CO.
habitation q; Salt Lake. Bishop Blanch-
ard, at Washington Territory. is dying ...
Lieutenant ]. ]. Shaw, of the Sixth In
fantry, is missing.